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Date Title Section
22 September 2026 "Their keepers": Thomas Guthrie, the Edinburgh Original Ragged School and changing ideas of child protection Event
21 September 2026 Call for Case Studies: Heritage, History and Wellbeing in Scotland Demonstrator Programme Research Project
21 September 2026 SLHF Issue 125 Publication
21 September 2026 AGM & Interesting Archaeological Conservation Works Event
21 September 2026 Scotland's early Nurses and Midwives accused of Witchcraft 1563-1736 Event
21 September 2026 The Battle of Pinkie 1547 Event
21 September 2026 A Life in Housing Event
21 September 2026 Powerful Prestongrange Event
21 September 2026 The First Modern War - Technology & Innovation Crimean War 1854-56 Event
21 September 2026 No Vote No Census 1911 Event
19 September 2026 The History of Shipbuilding on the Clyde Event
19 September 2026 Fairlie's Secret War Event
19 September 2026 The Dunmore Pineapple Event
19 September 2026 Hunting Tom Buchan Event
19 September 2026 Smith's Seat at Loch Ard Event
19 September 2026 Commonwealth War Grave Commission Event
19 September 2026 John Grierson-the Father of Documentary Film Making Event
17 September 2026 ‘A Lifetime of Connections between the Seas and Kirkcudbright’ David R Collin Event
17 September 2026 Longniddry's Victorian Superstar Event
10 September 2026 "The Rare Mountain Flora of Ben Lawers" Event
09 September 2026 Women's History Scotland Sue Innes Memorial Lecture with Marjory Harper Event
31 August 2026 Spotlight: Forensic Evidence Event
26 August 2026 Spotlight: Jacobite Chest Event
26 August 2026 Medical Edinburgh & Empire Event
25 August 2026 Burnswark Hill Event
25 August 2026 The Kirkoswald Smugglers' Ballad Event
25 August 2026 Exhibition Launch of Poxed: Germs in History Event
25 August 2026 Spotlight: Victorian Exercise Event
25 August 2026 Drop in Activity: How to Make a Pomander Event
25 August 2026 Rutherglen 900 Historical Walk Event
25 August 2026 Charles Darwin in Edinburgh 1825-27, a lecture by Rosemary Mann Event
23 August 2026 Historicising Robert Burns Jamaica 1786 -1834 Event
23 August 2026 Scotland's First Warriors, Conflict and Violence from the Neolithic to Roman Period Event
23 August 2026 PALaEoScot New Approaches to Scotland's oldest Archeology Event
23 August 2026 The Archaelogy of the Glasgow Garden Festival Event
23 August 2026 Curating Arctic Fever, Text, Illustration and Acquisition Event
20 August 2026 The Archeology of Loudon Estate Event
20 August 2026 The Archeology of Whitelees & Eaglesham Event
13 August 2026 Conference - Townscapes, Energyscapes and Rural Landscapes Event
11 August 2026 Anti-Catholic rioting in Edinburgh in the 1680s, talk by Dr John R Young Event
07 August 2026 Ayr Choral Union: A Choral Legacy Event
07 August 2026 Plague & Improvement, the Reality of Edinburgh New Town, talk by Tony Lewis Event
05 August 2026 Clish-Clash Issue 77 - August 2026 Newsletter
05 August 2026 North UK Mills Group - October Meeting Event
05 August 2026 For the Safety of All: Scotland's Lighthouses Event
05 August 2026 Scottish Lighthouses: A very short history Event
05 August 2026 Lighthouse Lives Event
05 August 2026 More than Lighthouses Event
03 August 2026 SLHF 2026 AGM Event
03 August 2026 'To do the sick no harm: and maybe even some good' Event
28 July 2026 Labor Vincit – The Work and Influence of Scott Sutherland RSA Event
25 July 2026 Bannockburn House Historic Garden Tour Event
25 July 2026 Clans & Crowns: The Noble, the Bishop, the Soldier & the King: The Earl of Mar & Jacobite High Politics in the 1720s Event
19 July 2026 Back in the Day: Memories of Creich, Flisk and Kilmany (2025) Book
19 July 2026 Back in the Day: Memories of Creich, Flisk and Kilmany (2024) Book
19 July 2026 Back in the Day: Memories of Creich, Flisk and Kilmany (2023) Book
12 July 2026 Remembering The Accused Witches of Scotland book chat Event
07 July 2026 Medical Edinburgh and Empire Event
05 July 2026 Talk: "Duntocher Mills" Event
05 July 2026 Talk: "The History of the Police Force in Glasgow" Event
05 July 2026 A.G.M. followed by talk: "Putting Women Back in the Story" Event
05 July 2026 "Smugglers on the Ayrshire Coast" Event
05 July 2026 "One Hundred Years of a Clydebank Family" Event
05 July 2026 Christmas meeting: including talk: " Earl Loudoun's Regiment of Foote" Event
05 July 2026 "Building the Erskine Bridge" Event
05 July 2026 "Into the Cauldron: Mary Queen of Scots story continued" Event
05 July 2026 "Gavin's Mill - the Story so far" Event
05 July 2026 Talk: "A Short History of Singers" : Clydebank Museum's sewing maching collections: history, key machines, and stories. Event
03 July 2026 "Newes of Witches" - book chat Event
20 June 2026 Lecture by Alistair Alcock - William Craik of Arbigland (1703-1798) Living through turbulent times Event
20 June 2026 Lecture by Ian Jackson - The influence of geology and landscape of Northern England on prehistoric and Roman societies Event
20 June 2026 Lecture by George Hemstock - Forestry and Land Scotland: Lochar Mosses Peatland Restoration Presentation Event
20 June 2026 Lecture by Tom Rees: Have we forgotten our past? An archaeological research framework for South-West Scotland Event
20 June 2026 Lecture by Andy Nairn - The Reivers: Fact or Fiction? Event
18 June 2026 Cupar Sugar Beet Factory Event
18 June 2026 History Novels Event
18 June 2026 Recent Archaeology on East Lomond Event
18 June 2026 Henry Gamley: Sculptor of Cupar War Memorial Event
15 June 2026 SLH Issue 124 Publication
14 June 2026 Spotlight: Straitjacket Event
09 June 2026 Clish-Clash Issue 76 - June 2026 Newsletter
02 June 2026 Online seminar: A Secret Language? Scottish Secretary Hand Event
27 May 2026 Adversaries to Allies Study Day: Am Bràist Latharna / The Brooch of Lorn Event
26 May 2026 Behind the Restoration: Meet the Conservation Team Saving Bannockburn House Event
25 May 2026 Book Chat: "Witches - A King's Obsession" by Steven Veerapen Event
18 May 2026 Dunkeld Jacobite Festival Weekend Event
11 May 2026 Battle of Dunkeld 1689 - tour of site Event
11 May 2026 Community, Resistance and Resilience: Celebrating 50 Years of The Making of the Crofting Community Event
03 May 2026 The Japanese Sakura Tree Project and Isabella's Footsteps Event
02 May 2026 East Neuk Fishing Disaster of 1875 Event
02 May 2026 Fife Pilgrim Way Event
22 April 2026 Wicked Wild Wastes or Sunlit Uplands? Glencoe and Rannoch Moor in 17th and 18th Centuries Event
21 April 2026 Friends of Argyll Estates Archives online seminar – The photography of Scipio Mactaggart (1812-1886) Event
16 April 2026 The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club. New Series, Volume 21, 2025 Book
16 April 2026 Talk: Crail's Naval Commonwealth War Graves Event
16 April 2026 Talk: Crailers Behaving Badly Event
16 April 2026 Talk: The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster Event
16 April 2026 Talk: Conservation of a painting of Crail Harbour Event
16 April 2026 Talk: East Neuk Fisherfolk Homes Event
16 April 2026 Talk: Painted Links: A History of Golf in Scotland through Art Event

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